Continual Praise / Revelation 16:13-15 (43:23)
a. Tongues and interpretation (3:17)
b. Message part 1: Continual praise (6:36)
c. Worship and praise (3:35)
d. Message part 2: Revelation 16:13-15 (29:56)
The original title of this recording, “The Lord Is My Light
/ Overcomers Rev. 21:7,” seems to have been intended for recording 71B. Selected Verses:
I John 1:3. That which we have seen and heard declare we
unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is
with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
Revelation 16:13-15. And I saw three unclean spirits like
frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast,
and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14For they are the
spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth
and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God
Almighty. 15Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth,
and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Matthew 7:24. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of
mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house
upon a rock. Opening:
[Message in tongues]
“Time passes so swiftly. It’s enough to scare a person.
Your life ebbs away so fast. It ought to wake you up and make you question
yourself and say, ‘My Lord, where am I going?’ There is no going back, and
there is no holding up of the time. Everything is moving at a tremendous pace,
and every one of us in this meeting and everyone round about you is headed for
an eternal destiny. And it ought to wake you up, and it ought to scare you a
little bit unless you have learned that one grand lesson of redeeming the
time—or rather, letting Me control your life.
“If it is Myself that has been able to take hold of your
heart and your thoughts and your actions—of your body—and making a temple of
the Holy Ghost, then you don’t need to be scared. Then, you ought to be
rejoicing very greatly for ‘He that soweth unto the Spirit shall reap of the
Spirit life everlasting.” And those who have learned to take
Me into their lives—into their daily lives—will find that ‘one day with the
Lord is as a thousand’ and is exceedingly valuable. And every
moment of your life, you’ll find again in eternity as a grand asset, if you
have learned to place yourself at My disposal and to take Me moment by moment.
“And My offer tonight is the same. If you have wasted your
time and if you have to look back with remorse, let Me remind you of the fact
that I’m able to ‘restore the years which the cankerworm hath eaten.’ And I’m able to bring victory out of defeat. All I ask of you is that
you come with your defeat and your loss and your lost time, and come to Me just
as you are and say, ‘Jesus, from henceforth, it shall not be myself anymore to
determine my actions or my time or my life or my thoughts in this world, but it
shall be You.’ And I’ll take over and everything will be well.”
To me, a meeting is a very valuable meeting because I
realize that as I place myself into the hand of Jesus, He works by the power of
the Holy Ghost, and He works wonders. He really does “exceeding abundantly
above all that I could ask or think.” I found out that when I
come to meet with Jesus in meeting with real earnest desire, He turns sometimes
the whole meeting in my direction. He just sort of fixes up the meeting for me—for
my need. He’s done that many times.
… Selected Quotes:
I know that everybody cannot speak in
tongues or interpret tongues or prophesy, and that is not necessary. I
believe, though, that many more would have these gifts of the Holy Ghost
operative within them if they were willing to do the things that seem to be
little—if they were willing to say, “Hallelujah! Hallelujah, glory to God!”
…
A woman said she couldn’t lift her
hands. I said, “How do you hang up the wash?” What a silly excuse, praise the
Lord! But I never put up my hands but a blessing comes down.
…
I think the simplicity that Jesus
Christ calls for is so very sweet. He doesn’t ask you to make an eloquent
sermon or to put on a show, but He asks you to let His praise be continually
in your mouth. What have you got in your mouth tonight?
…
The Pharisees, who were certainly
Bible students like nobody else, they said, “What must we do to please God?”
Jesus Christ says, “This is what you do: believe on Him
whom He has sent. Eat the Bread that God my Father will give you.”
And they said, “O God, give us that bread.”
He said, “I am that Bread of life.” And
beloved, the only way to study the Bible successfully and fruitfully is to live
it.
…
We’re abominable in the sight of God,
and what a blessing when God can show me myself as I look in His sight and make
me say, “Wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this
death?” And then He points me to One…to Jesus the crucified.
…
How we ought to pray that God might
send His two-edged sword and unsheathe it, and send conviction
into the ranks of God’s people! Beloved, the great trouble in the world today
is not to be laid at the feet of the communists, but it’s the church of Jesus Christ that has failed God.
…
“Behold, I come as a
thief”—that means unannounced, unnoticed by the great
world. They’ll go on with their battles; they’ll go on with their pornography
and with their sin and with their defilements. And the church will go on with
their polemics and with their theology and with their conventions and all
that. And somewhere, Jesus Christ will find a single soul that keeps their
garment unspotted.
… Illustrations:
Comments on chewing gum. “What is continually in your
mouth?” (from 7:52) Friendship with an airline pilot. “The loudspeaker was
bellowing and barking there for [the captain] to come, but he couldn’t come
without me. And Jesus can’t move without me and without you. He can’t. He
said, ‘I’ll come again and receive you unto Myself.’” This story
can also be found in recording 4B around 14:12. (from 14:47) Modern Bible translations likened to defiled soup. “I
don’t like these newfangled Bible translations. I like the solid King James
version, and Martin Luther’s version because they were given somehow through
the instrumentality of the Holy Ghost.” (from 19:40) Comments on nuclear weapons. (from 33:13) German at 9:30:
Tu den Tiger in den Tankrein. “Put a tiger in your tank.”
This was a marketing slogan used by
Esso starting with the introduction
of their premium gasoline in 1959. The actual German for the slogan is “Pack’
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